Basket-carrier.



F. WITTE.

BASKET CARRIER. ARPLIGATION FILED MAB. 2, 1914.

1,123,453. Patented Jan. 5, 1915.

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inan -ans. massaged. waif-at. eese Handles of v theficustomary chip-baskets generally used for. carrying articles for various purposes, also for marketing"and for del very purposes by fg'r'ocers' and butchers, break sooner or later and-this may occur while the basket is in use. In order to guard against this possibility as well-as to render such baskets still serviceable after i the handles have become useless or are absent, I have provided a carrier or frame.

fitted to this type of baskets, which latter come in standard sizes and may therefore be readily received by such a frame. Handles are provided on this frame so that the same with a basket inserted may readily be carried about irrespective of whether there are any handles on the basket and without risking the possibilityof a handle becoming detached or of breaking in case the contents of the basket should be heavy.

The invention consists of such adevice and of the construction thereof as the same is hereinafter described and claimed and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1. shows a side elevation of the device With a basket placed into it. Fig. 2. shows the device in perspective view;

Reference character A, indicates a so called chip-basket of customary type. They are usually provided with a marginal hoop a around their upper edge to which the bailshaped handles, there may be one or two, are secured by tacks or staples. If a handle breaks or becomes partly detached, whatever remains of it is-of course entirely removed. As shown in the drawing such a condition is presumed. and 5 may indicate the 'tackholes where the handles had been connected to thebasket.

My frame is made of wire bent to shape and consists substantially of members which serve to support the body of the basket, of handles for carrying the frame and of an intermediate. member whereby these handles are connected to the parts first mentioned. These parts consist of ribs proea flfa certain new and" z r le h of iif hich the-follow inh; and exact description-{f atE E lFlQQ h r l g iqa led to thedrawing ma ic- 1 hit; l i

' am-senate number,-there being shown a longitudinal "rib" B' andtwotran'sverse ribs body ofthe -basket,'thatis against the bottom and {be ides thereof,- and the. upright parts of these members terminate all at even members are connected to an annular mem a beior hoop 'D which =isfijtted to encompass the basket stems its edge asbest shown". in The connection ofithe ribs tothis hoop 'is' made in any suitable manner, .which.

bendingfit-around the, "of the beep and 7o by clenching the same. The hoop. is made of one piece of wire shaped to the form of the basket that is substantially rectangular, the ends of this wire being connected to each other in'suitable manner as shown 'at Z. 'Two bail-shaped handles H are connected to the structure so formed. The connection is to hoop D and 'it should be such as to permit the handles to swivel at the pointof their connection. This permits them to swing outwardly and out of the way to facilitate free access to the basket (observe dotted lines in Fig. 2) also to permit insertion or removal of .it.

there being eyelets 8, at the ends of the handles which are received by eyelets 9 on For such purposes the connection 1S by interengaging. eyelets,

.the body of the frame. The eyelets on this latter are provided on hoop D and are formed integral therewith and by bending the wire out of which the hoop is made accordingly between its ends and at the proper points. Y

In order to preserve the shape of the frame and to cause ribs Band C to maintain their relative positions, they are con-' nected .to each other at the point where they The apex portions of' the mounted upon one of these straight portions to form a convenient handhold it be ing axially bored to permit such mounting.

In order to relieve the hand from holding I the two handle portions to each other. one

of them is engaged by the other one .so that.

the two, when so engaged. form practically one grip. This is done by form ng hooks 12 at the ends of one of these straight handleportions which are adapted to receive the est part of grip '11, said handle portion and said gri will become firmly locked together and will not become separated unless positively forced apart. The frame may be held to the basket byv means of catches 13. As will be seen thebasket is always supported no matter how defective it may be, since alt-weight is on the wire frame and its handles.

Having described my invention, I claim as new:

1. A carrier frame for baskets which is 2 4nade of wire and adapted to receive'a .bask et,'""bail-shaped handles connected to this frame each of which is provided with a straight portion, which portions are parallel to each other, a wooden, axially bored, grip mounted upon one of these straight portions and means to detachably lock the other straight portion against the outside of the wooden grip.

2. A carrier frame for baskets which is made of wire and adapted, to receive a basket, bail-shaped hand connected to this frame each of whichfi straight portion, which jfs are parallel to each other, hooks formed at the ends of one of these portions and a wooden, axially bored, grip mounted upon the other portion, said hooks being adapted to dngage this latter portion opposite the ends of the wooden grip thereon, to detachably lock the portion between them against this wooden handle.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK WITTE.

\Vitnesses:

C. SPENGEL, A. JOHNSON. 

